2024-06-10 Vac weekly

Vac 2024/06/10 §

vac:p2p: §

• nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport
  • mbedtls: Try differents way to fix the installation on windows due to CI errors
    • Update the version of MbedTLS (a bit too overkill)
    • Change pip / python version
    • Use pip requirement file
    • Change the packages constraints.
  • mbedtls: Work on MacOS CI failing.
• nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance
  • released v1.3.0
  • gossipsub 1.2 https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1106
  • fix(services): setup services before peerinfo is updated https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1120
  • fix(multicodec): remove unnecessary “!=” operator https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1112
  • Formatting https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1118
  • fix(gossipsub): pubsubpeer is created with wrong gossipsub version https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1116
    • Investigate flaky tests: Couldn’t replicate
  • CI cleanup and streamlining
    • PR
    • Missing: Converting Daily to minver-maxver, and consider changing coverage from full workflow to step after tests.

vac:tke: §

• admin
  • 5 (Martin) + 4 (Frederico) days off
  • updated the TKE milestones (Frederico)
• codex:cdx
  • reviewed the latest modifications in the Whitepaper (Frederico)
  • Worked on improving code for simulations (efficiency, refactoring etc.) -> This efficiency is needed for MC simulations (Juan)
  • Researched Filecoin government models for Agatha after discussion (Juan)
• status:SNT-staking
  • Started reading Cyp’s blogpost on SNT (Juan)

vac:dst: §

• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:10k
  • Continue attempts at “10k with metrics”, further optimisations
  • Bring back missing nodes
• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale
  • 9x simulations with waku v0.27.
  • Investigate v0.26/v0.28 mesh stability issues https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2780
  • Fixed error in our LivenessProbe deployment yaml, met with Ivan from Waku about this
  • Grafana Loki briefly installed and configured and setup; removed due to issues it caused
• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:vac:libp2p-version-testing
  • Rebased the nimbus build system code to a new branch: https://github.com/vacp2p/dst-gossipsub-test-node/tree/dockerized-nimbus-bs
  • Found error with nimble and 1.2.0 version of Nimlip2p (https://discord.com/channels/864066763682218004/1247474261996867684)
  • Simulations with 1.2, 1.2.1 and 1.3.0.
    • Yamux and mplex
    • https://www.notion.so/Nim-libp2p-report-May-2024-7b1c6a06e667440894b554d77f7c7886
• vac:dst:tooling:vac:deployer-tool
  • PR for ignoring bootstrap-midstrap nodes during plotting https://github.com/vacp2p/10ksim/pull/32
• vac:dst:tooling:vac:visualiser-tool
  • Started working on dynamic configuration for visualiz

vac:qa: §

• waku:test-automation-status-go-cli
  • initial PR reviewed and merged with one to one messages functionality(@Florin)
  • reviewed and tested subsequent improvement PR from Pablo(@Florin)
  • discussed results and future work on the ticket(@Florin)
• waku:interop-testing-02
  • started looking at discv5 tests(@Florin)
  • Test/peer connection management PR 45 - in progress(@Roman)
• nomos:test-automation-cryptarchia
  • chore: cryptarchia unit tests update PR 657 - on hold till 17th June (@Roman)
• waku:test-automation-rln
  • Create issues (@Alex)
    • Member doesn’t exist after registration
    • Improve RLN experience
    • RLN Flags issues
  • RLN v2(@Alex)
    • Introductory meeting
    • Checkout docs and have a look at the tooling
• vac:test-automation-nim-libp2p
  • Investigate flaky tests: Couldn’t replicate(@Alex)
  • CI cleanup and streamlining(@Alex)
    • PR
    • Missing: Converting Daily to minver-maxver, and consider changing coverage from full workflow to step after tests.

vac:acz: §

• secure-channels:waku:mls-design
  • Finished the EthCC presentation.
  • Study on onchain parts of mls-design
• consulting:codex:proxy-re-encryption
  • Worked in the PRE report.
  • Performed research in alternatives to PRE. ABE might be a plausible alternative.
• secure-channels:waku:mls-poc
  • re-design general idea of decentirlized architecture: Delivery Service is represented by Waku Node and doesn’t require additional service
  • went through example of using Waku rust bindings in other project
  • started to figure out what data we need to store/get on-chain

vac:sc:: §

• vac:maintainance/misc
  • setup certora on the codex repo
    • https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-contracts-eth/pull/113
  • ENS usernames to latest solidity
  • ENS usernames migrate basic tests to forge
  • soft audited codex contracts

vac:nim: §

• tooling:vac:compiler
  • C++ Issue (https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/23657) fix: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/23666
  • C++ Issue research https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/23656
  • NimSuggest should handle not known files [WIP]
• tooling:vac:lsp
  • Issue research https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/issues/203
  • Fixes an issue where wrong project was auto guessed and Test to cover it. (https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/206)
  • Add Tests to CI: https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/205 https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/205

vac:rfc: §

• nomos:specs-init
  • Worked on data availibility rfc, still in draft - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/41
• admin/misc
  • added changes based on feedback for rln-v1 - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/40

vac:dr: §

• gsub-scaling:vac:unstructured-p2p-improvements-survey
  • Began work on research blog post for gossipsub improvements for large messages. Specifically, looked into the outcomes/rationales of previous performance experiments conducted for large messages, revisited posts/discussions on large messages handling for compiling work
• zk:codex:zk-consulting
  • Continued document on proposed proof algorithm draft.
  • Continued reading Circle STARK, ECFFT1 and ECFFT2 with the emphasis to produce notes on CFFT and ECFFT.
• vac:dr:anon:vac:gossipsub-anonymity
  • Examine libp2p-nym
  • Read GossipSub specs.
  • Began work on an initial proposed model. Performed calculations for the probability of deanonymization with a high fraction of malicious nodes (35-40%) for random mixed nodes. Results similar to top 5 AS-level adversaries.

vac:nes: §

• virtual-machine-creation:vac:vm-foundations
  • work on list of ZkVMs
    • Finished entering data on Nexus, Jolt, o1VM.
    • Started going through codebases ov zkVMs.
    • Covered and fulfilled the table for Stellar and Cairo in zkVM table.[ACZ]
    • Sanity checked RISC0 and Valida from Marvin, Nexus and Jolt from Rostyslav, Cairo and Stellar from Moudy.[ACZ]
• proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems
  • Continue working on a writeup about Greco zk proofs.
• state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-01
  • Study on the racing conditions for state-separation prototype. [ACZ]